Elisabeth Hasselbeck's fights with Rosie O'Donnell were one of the most infamous to ever have occurred on "The View." But, O'Donnell was apparently not the only one that Hasselbeck sparred with during her ten years on the show. Variety's Ramin Setoodeh, who penned the new book, “Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of ‘The View," has released audio footage from the Aug. 2, 2006 taping of "The View," revealing that Hasselbeck threatened to quit the show in the middle of a commercial break after Barbara Walters publicly reprimanded her live on air.
During the "Hot Topics" portion of the talk show that day, Hasselbeck and Walters were sparring over the FDA's consideration of the morning-after pill for over-the-counter use. Check out the exchange below.
"Calm down, dear," Walters said, before going into a larger lecture. "We have to learn to discuss these things in some sort of rational way."
Hasselbeck did not calm down, instead running backstage, throwing a few f-bombs and threatening to quit right then and there, feeling Walters had humiliated her.
"F*** that!," she's heard screaming in the audio. "I'm not going to sit there and get reprimanded on the air."
In the clip, you can hear Joy Behar trying to calm Hasselbeck down and get her to come into her office, but she was too upset.
"Goodbye! I'm off! Write about that in The New York F***ing Post!," she added, before executive producer Bill Geddie rallied her back on set.
In a response on her Instagram page Friday, Hasselbeck offered a few explanations for her old outburst. One, she is a human. Two, she was pregnant and unborn babies were an especially sensitive topic.
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Hasselbeck's fights with O'Donnell during the comedian's one-year stint on the talk show also grated on her.
"Here's how it [will get] spun in the media: 'Big, fat, lesbian, loud Rosie attacks innocent, pure, Christian Elisabeth," O'Donnell fumed in their most explosive exchange.
Hasselbeck, the lone conservative voice at the time, left "The View" in July 2013.
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